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Gary, this is one of those murky tunes. Some people play it with hardly any c’s (natural or sharped), some people play it with c sharps, some with c nats, and some (myself included) shifting between the two depending on the phrase at hand. If it were me, I’d post it in E Dorian, with a c nat here and there as an accidental. But I wouldn’t argue against posting it as E minor. Of course, the A Dorian given in the original post doesn’t make sense to me—the tune clearly resolves to E.

Another weeeeeeeeeeird video by…

Kevin Burke, y u so good?

Martin Hayes and Kevin Burke

They both do this tune at the end that sounds like a variation. However when the variation kicks in it is played as a double reel, instead of single like the rest of the tune. The A part resembles Drowsy Maggie, and the B part resembles Ruined Old Cottage in the Glen. Enjoy!

Paddy Canny’s version

Paddy Canny’s version

JACKB, do you have a solo recording of Paddy Canny playing Rolling in the Barrel? What you’ve posted is a bit different from Canny’s recording with P. Joe Hayes, Peadar O’Loughlin, and Bridie Lafferty. They play E2 instead of DE in the odd-numbered bars of the first part, and they play it without repeats, among other differences.